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From the book, "Santo Tomas" by Frederic Stevens: John Nicholson - American May 7, 2009 My family and I are currently researching our Family History and my Mum had an Uncle who was a Malayan Police Officer in the 1930's but she remembers hearing as a child that he had been a POW at Changi. When my Mum went to the National Archives in Kew, London she was told that if he had served in Malay then his records would still be in Malaysia. Today we had a breakthrough and Mum found her Uncle's details and they are below: Name: John Nicholson Report Date: 30 Jan 1943 Latest Report Date: 30 Jul 1945 Grade: Civilian Service Branch: Civilian Area Served: Southwest Pacific Theatre: Philippine Islands Detaining Country: Japan Camp: Santo Tomas (PW and Civ) Manila Luzon Philippines 14-121 Status: Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated Report Source: Individual has been reported through sources considered official. There is no mention of Changi (see also Changi Prison; and there are many more sites on-line), so I do not know if he was interned there initially and then moved to the Santo Tomas Camp in the Philippines later. It is quite a mystery and I am struggling to find out where I can obtain records from. John did survive and went back to the Malay Police Force. Finding your website was excellent but I realise that it is mainly for Americans. Would you know where I could start looking or asking regarding finding info or records of POW's/Internees? Thank you for a wonderful website, keep up the good work. Kindest Regards, Donna ncot72@hotmail.com  or be added to the POW/Internee e-mail distribution list, please let me, Tom Moore know. Thanks! |